Semi-Automatic OS

The Semi-Automatic OS is a free virtual machine based on Debian Linux (available as 32 bit and 64 bit), for the land cover classification of remote sensing images. It includes the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin for QGIS, already configured along with all the required dependencies (OGR, GDAL, Numpy, SciPy and Matplotlib).

The Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin is a free plugin that allows for the semi-automatic supervised classification of remote sensing images, providing tools to expedite the creation of ROIs and the classification process.

The Semi-Automatic OS is available as a virtual machine that can be run in the open source VirtualBox, or any other virtualization program,and it is designed to require very little hardware resources.

It uses LXDE and Openbox as main desktop environment. This virtual machine can be useful for testing the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin, or when the installation of the required programs in the host system is problematic.